Alex Ferguson vs. Danny Graves — Career Comparison

Alex Ferguson
Lost GenerationNew JerseyThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Danny Graves
Gen XSouth VietnamThrows RightBats RightCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Alex Ferguson built a career as a starting pitcher and Danny Graves as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Danny Graves posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.05 and WHIP 1.455 compared to 4.89 and 1.560 for Alex Ferguson. By the career numbers, Danny Graves had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Alex Ferguson and Danny Graves

Alex Ferguson
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Alex Ferguson
Career
Per 9 Innings
257
1.86
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
518
5.77
Alex Ferguson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
166
1.2
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.33
Alex Ferguson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
61
0.44
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.48
Alex Ferguson
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
0.62
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
0.49
Alex Ferguson
Career
Per 9 Innings
41.78
41.78
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49.43
49.43
Alex Ferguson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.59
64.59
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.79
5.79
Alex Ferguson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
0.45
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Alex Ferguson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Alex Ferguson
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.07
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
182
2.03
Alex Ferguson
Career
Per 9 Innings
675
4.89
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
364
4.05
Alex Ferguson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.89
4.89
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.05
4.05
Alex Ferguson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.81
4.81
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.35
4.35
Alex Ferguson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.35
4.35
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.58
4.58
Alex Ferguson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.288
0.288
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.274
0.274
Alex Ferguson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3725
27
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
2425
27
Alex Ferguson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1241.2
9
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
808.1
9
Alex Ferguson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1455
10.55
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
857
9.54
Alex Ferguson
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.55
10.55
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.54
9.54
Alex Ferguson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
0.49
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
96
1.07
Alex Ferguson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.49
0.49
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.07
1.07
Alex Ferguson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.26
0.26
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.19
0.19
Alex Ferguson
Career
Per 9 Innings
482
3.49
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
271
3.02
Alex Ferguson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.53
Alex Ferguson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.49
3.49
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.02
3.02
Alex Ferguson
Career
Per 9 Innings
397
2.88
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
429
4.78
Alex Ferguson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.88
2.88
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.78
4.78
Alex Ferguson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.54
1.54
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.83
0.83
Alex Ferguson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.708
0.708
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.866
0.866
Alex Ferguson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.1
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.3
Alex Ferguson
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.33
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.29
Alex Ferguson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.04
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Alex Ferguson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5578
40.43
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
3487
38.82
Alex Ferguson
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.38
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
360
4.01
Alex Ferguson
Career
Per 9 Innings
772
5.6
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
416
4.63
Alex Ferguson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.6
5.6
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.63
4.63
Alex Ferguson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.35
Alex Ferguson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.32
Alex Ferguson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
1.09
Alex Ferguson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.56
1.56
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.396
1.396
Alex Ferguson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5051
36.61
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
3130
34.85
Alex Ferguson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.8
0.8
Alex Ferguson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.302
0.302
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.292
0.292
Alex Ferguson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.43
40.43
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.82
38.82

Fielding Stats for Alex Ferguson and Danny Graves

Alex Ferguson
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Alex Ferguson
Career
Per 9 Innings
257
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
518
5.77
Alex Ferguson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.33
Alex Ferguson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2425
27
Alex Ferguson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
808.1
9
Alex Ferguson
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.66
Alex Ferguson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
293
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
161
1.79
Alex Ferguson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.08
Alex Ferguson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
365
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
227
2.53
Alex Ferguson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
350
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
220
2.45
Alex Ferguson
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.89
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.92
96.92
Alex Ferguson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.362
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.425
0.425
Alex Ferguson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.79
5.79
Alex Ferguson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.14
Alex Ferguson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Ferguson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Ferguson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Ferguson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Alex Ferguson and Danny Graves

Alex Ferguson
Career
Per 600 PA
10
10
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Alex Ferguson
Career
Per 600 PA
257
341.15
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
520
3804.88
Alex Ferguson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
452
600
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
82
600
Alex Ferguson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
397
526.99
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PAverified
76
556.1
Alex Ferguson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.106
0.106
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.105
0.105
Alex Ferguson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.358
0.358
Alex Ferguson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
42
55.75
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
58.54
Alex Ferguson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
38
50.44
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
6
43.9
Alex Ferguson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
5.31
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Ferguson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Ferguson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
14.63
Alex Ferguson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
5.31
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
14.63
Alex Ferguson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.095
0.095
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Alex Ferguson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.026
0.026
Alex Ferguson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Alex Ferguson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6.37
8.45
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.96
21.64
Alex Ferguson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
46
61.06
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
102.44
Alex Ferguson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
58
76.99
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
9
65.85
Alex Ferguson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Alex Ferguson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.116
0.116
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.184
0.184
Alex Ferguson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.256
0.256
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.301
0.301
Alex Ferguson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.01
0.01
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.079
0.079
Alex Ferguson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.092
0.092
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.099
0.099
Alex Ferguson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.174
0.174
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.235
0.235
Alex Ferguson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.122
0.122
Alex Ferguson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
17.26
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
36.59
Alex Ferguson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
29.2
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
3
21.95
Alex Ferguson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
46.46
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
6
43.9
Alex Ferguson
Career
Per 600 PA
-5.97
-7.92
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.4
-2.95
Alex Ferguson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.33
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Ferguson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
19.91
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
1
7.32
Alex Ferguson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Ferguson
Career
Per 600 PA
150
199.12
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
182.93
Alex Ferguson
Career
Per 600 PA
3.01
3.01
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.28
3.28
Alex Ferguson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
0.04
Alex Ferguson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
51.77
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
5
36.59
Alex Ferguson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Ferguson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Ferguson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.32
Alex Ferguson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.33
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Ferguson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.33
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.32
Alex Ferguson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100